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  "text": "THE PUNJAB CONFERMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS\r\nON NON-PROPRIETORS IN ABADI DEH ACT, 1995\r\n(I of 1995)\r\nCONTENTS\r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement\r\n2. Definitions\r\n3. Conferment of Proprietary rights in land on non-proprietors\r\n4. Resolution of disputes\r\n5. Appeal\r\n6. Removal of difficulties\r\n7. Rules\r\n8. Bar of jurisdiction\r\n9. Repeal\r\nTEXT\r\n1\r\nTHE PUNJAB CONFERMENT OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS ON NON-\r\nPROPRIETORS IN ABADI DEH ACT, 1995\r\n(I of 1995)\r\n[13th February, 1995]\r\nAn\r\nAct\r\nto provide for the conferment of proprietary rights on non-proprietors in the abadi\r\ndeh.\r\nWhereas, it is expedient to confer proprietary rights on non -proprietors in the\r\nabadi deh in conformity with the injunctions of Islam as set out in the Holy Quran and\r\nSunnah;\r\nIt is hereby enacted as follows:–\r\n1. Short title, extent and commencement .– (1) This Act may be called the\r\nPunjab Conferment of Proprietary Rights on Non-proprietors in Abadi Deh Act, 1995.\r\n(2) It extends to the whole of the Punjab.\r\n(3) It shall come into force at once.\r\n2. Definitions.– In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or\r\ncontext.–\r\n(1) “abadi deh” means and includes an area which is recorded as abadi\r\ndeh in the record of rights prepared under the Punjab Land Revenue\r\nAct, 1967(XVII of 1967) but does not include an urban area;\r\n2\r\n[(2) “Collector” means the Collector of a District appointed under the Punjab\r\nLand Revenue Act, 1967 (XVII of 1967) and includes an officer authorized\r\nby the Government to exercise the powers of the Collector;]\r\n3\r\n[(3) “Commissioner” means a Commissioner of a Division appointed under\r\nthe Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1967 (XVII of 1967) and includes an\r\nAdditional Commissioner;]\r\n1This Act was passed by the Punjab Assembly on 2nd February, 1995; assented to by the Governor of the Punjab on 12th\r\nFebruary, 1995; and, was published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 13th February, 1995, pages 1 to 3.\r\n2Substituted by the Punjab Law s (Amendment) Act 2011 (VI of 2011), w.e.f. 20.4.2011 (notification published in the Punjab\r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated 16.4.2011, page 4081), s.15; and published in the Punjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated\r\n14.4.2011, pages 4043 -4047, which earlier substituted for the words “an Assistant Commissioner or a Collector of a sub -\r\ndivision” by the Punjab Conferment of Proprietary Rights on Non-Proprietors in Abadi Deh (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (LVII\r\nof 2001) , w.e.f. 14.8.2001, s.2; and published in the Punja b  Gazette (Extraordinary) , dated 22.12.2001, pages 2317-2318,\r\nwhich will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstandingthe\r\nmaximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.\r\n3Substituted by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Act 2011 (VI of 2011), w.e.f. 20.4.2011 (notification published in the Punjab\r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated 16.4.2011, page 4081), s.15; and published in the P unjab Gazette (Extraordinary), dated\r\n14.4.2011, pages 4043-4047, which earlier substituted by the Punjab Conferment of Proprietary Rights on Non -Proprietors in\r\nAbadi Deh (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (LVII of 2001), w.e.f. 14.8.2001, s.2; and published in th e Punjab  Gazette\r\n(Extraordinary), dated 22.12.2001, pages 2317 -2318 which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment)\r\nOrder 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the\r\nConstitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan..\r\n4\r\n[(4) * * * * * * * * * * * ]\r\n(5) “house” means building or structure used for residential purposes and\r\nincludes a court-yard;\r\n(6) “land” means and includes an area under a house in the abadi deh, but\r\ndoes not include any area reserved for a street, a lane, a playground, a\r\nschool, a mosque or other place of worship, a graveyard, a drinking\r\nwell or a pond meant for the village community;\r\n(7) “non-proprietor” means an inhabitant of a village who ordinarily resides\r\nin the abadi deh of that village and who under any law or custom or\r\nusage having the force of law, in force immediately before the\r\ncommencement of this Act, is not a co-sharer in the abadi deh in which\r\nhis house is situated; and\r\n(8) “Urban area” means urban area as defined in clause (iii) of sub -section\r\n(1) of section 3 of the Punjab Local Government Ordinance, 1979 (VI of\r\n1979).\r\n3. Conferment of Proprietary rights in land on non -proprietors.–\r\nNotwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law for the time being in\r\nforce or in any agreement, instrument, custom or usage or in any decree or order of\r\nany court or other authority, all rights, title and interest whatever, in the land which is\r\nsituated within the abadi deh and which is under a house owned by a non -proprietor,\r\nshall on the commencement of this Act, vest in the non-proprietor under whose house\r\nit is situate, free of charge, and no compensation shall be claimed by or paid to any\r\nperson or Government affected by the vesture of proprietary rights in a non-proprietor\r\nunder this section.\r\n4. Resolution of disputes .– Where any dispute arises from giving effect to the\r\nprovisions of this Act, the Collector of the area in which the land is situated may, on\r\nthe application of any aggrieved party made within a reasonable period, take\r\ncognizance of the dispute and decide the matter.\r\n5. Appeal.–\r\n5\r\n[(1) An appeal against the order made by a Collector shall lie to the\r\nCommissioner].\r\n(2) The limitation for filing an appeal under this section shall be thirty days\r\nfrom the date of the impugned order excluding the period duly spent in obtaining\r\ncertified copy of the impugned order and the provisions of section 5 of the Lim itation\r\nAct, 1908 (IX of 1908) shall apply to an appeal under this section.\r\n(3) No order in appeal adversely affecting any person shall be passed without\r\naffording to the affected party an opportunity of being heard.\r\n4Omitted by the Punjab Conferment of Proprietary Rights on Non-Proprietors in Abadi Deh (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (LVII\r\nof 2001), w.e.f. 14.8.2001, s.2; and published in the Punjab  Gazette (Extr aordinary), dated 22.12.2001, pages 2317 -2318,\r\nwhich will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment) Order 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstandingthe\r\nmaximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.\r\n5Substituted by the Punjab Laws (Amendment) Act 2011 (VI of 2011), w.e.f. 20.4.2011 (notification published in the Punjab\r\nGazette (Extraordinary), dated 16.4.2011, page 4081), s.15; and published in the Punjab Gazette (E xtraordinary), dated\r\n14.4.2011, pages 4043-4047, which earlier substituted by the Punjab Conferment of Proprietary Rights on Non -Proprietors in\r\nAbadi Deh (Amendment) Ordinance, 2001 (LVII of 2001) , w.e.f. 14.8.2001, s.3 ; and published in the Punjab  Gazett e\r\n(Extraordinary), dated 22.12.2001, pages 2317 -2318 which will remain in force under the Provisional Constitution (Amendment)\r\nOrder 1999 (9 of 1999), Article 4, notwithstanding the maximum limit of three months prescribed under Article 128 of the\r\nConstitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.\r\n(4) The appeal filed under this secti on shall be disposed of within ninety\r\ndays.\r\n(5) An order passed in appeal under this section shall be final.\r\n6. Removal of difficulties .– If any difficulty arises in giving effect to any\r\nprovision of this Act, the Government may make such order, not inconsistent with the\r\nprovisions of this Act, as may appear to it to be necessary for purposes of removing\r\nthe difficulty.\r\n7. Rules.– The Government may make rules for the purposes of this Act.\r\n8. Bar of jurisdiction .– No order passed or proceedings taken by th e Collector\r\nor the Commissioner or the Government under this Act shall be called in question in\r\nany Civil Court.\r\n9. Repeal.– The Punjab Conferment of Proprietary Rights on Non -Proprietors in\r\nAbadi Deh Ordinance, 1994 (XV of 1994) is hereby repealed.",
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